Calling on the Composer; A Guide to European Composer Houses and Museums
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Across Europe, more than three hundred houses and museums commemorate the composers who lived and worked in them. In 'Calling on the Composer, two distinguished musicologists guide the musically curious traveler or reader to these sites and provide essential information on their content and significance. Whether lakeside hut or moated castle, clock tower or cave, village school or fine town house, the physical context for musical genius and the artefacts of day-to-day existence have a powerful impact on how we perceive the figure behind the music we know and love Julie and Stanley Sadie have joumeyed to thirty-one countries to compile this unique travel companion and reference source. They offer practical information for the visilor, seasoned insights, and lively commentary. Richly illustrated and supported by through maps, the entries on individual composers trace their steps through the practicalities of life and reveal to us the context of creativity.
2007-08-09 15:55
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